Improvement in inner soles for shoes



JosPH E. MCILHENNEY.-

Inner-Soles for Boots and Shoes.v

N0.128,o55. Patented Mmmm.

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NrTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH E. MCILHENNEY, OF FHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 128,055, dated June 18,1872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH E. MOILHEN- NEY, of Philadelphia, in thecounty of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, haveinvented anew andvaluable Improvement in Inner Soles for Shoes; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description oftheconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawing making a part of this specification, and to the lettersand figures ofreferenee marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawing is a representation ofa plan view of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

My invention has relation to inner soles for boots and shoes; andconsists in constructing said inner sole of a number of transversestrips of wood attached to a cloth back, substantially as and for thepurpose hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawing, A represents the transverse strips of wood,lying parallel, and glued or otherwise secured to a strip of cloth, B,such as canvas, muslin, or the like. India-rubber cloth may be used toadvantage, in order to render the sole water-proof.l The strips of woodmay be separately attached to the cloth, after being cut to the properwidth and shape, or they may be formed from a piece of thin wood of theproper outline, after the wood has been attached to the cloth, byslicing it crosswise with a dull tool which will not out the cloth. Thelatter method is perhaps the best, as it preserves the outline of thesole, besides being simpler and easier than the former.

The advantages of this style of inner sole are chiefly strength,iiexibility, and cheapness. The second quality above mentioned causesthe sole to bend and adapt itself to the shape of the Wearers foot, andto its movements in walkin g. l

The sole will keep its place perfectly in the shoe or boot, and,although capable of being bent for easy insertion and removal, isstitfened laterally, and therefore incapable of doubling up, or beingotherwise disarran ged.

Vhat I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

An inner sole for boots or shoes, composed of the transverse woodenstrips A attached to the cloth B, substantially as and for the purposespecified.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto Ysubscribed my namein the presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH E. MGILHENN EY.

Witnesses: o

EGBERT T. SEEE, E..W. STANTON.

